Effects of Training Combined With a Small Financial Incentive on Reducing Alcohol Consumption

Peking University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention; Behavioral: Financial Incentive Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04999371

ccher_liangshan alcohol

Details and patient eligibility

About

The existing alcohol intervention studies are mainly conducted in developed countries, few studies have focused on alcohol consumption among ethnic minority migrant people in developing countries. To address this gap, the investigators aim to evaluate the effects of a brief intervention combined with a small financial incentive on alcohol consumption and health outcomes among the migrated population in Liangshan Prefecture. This study was conducted in Liangshan Prefecture for two reasons: first, Liangshan is a region located in the southwestern of Sichuan province and is populated by Yi minority, and the average income in Liangshan is just about two-thirds of the national average income. Second, a study found that the drinking rate of the Yi minority (47.9%) is higher than that of other regions in China.

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of alcohol consumption among the ethnic populations in China and to test the feasibility and efficacy of small financial incentives with brief advice intervention targeting the reduction of harmful drinking behaviors among poor people.

Enrollment: 443 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Age<18 and Age>65
• Scores of AUDIT<8
• Do not speak mandarin
• Less than three-months residence at Xichang
• Income not calculated by hour wage or piece-rate wage
• Those who have previous abstinence experience, epilepsy, liver disease, and is using sedative drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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443 participants in 3 patient groups

Control without intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No information or cash incentives are provided to the participants in the control group, but it is also necessary to collect the information of the participants in the control group and perform an alcohol test. Therefore, the project team will provide a certain degree of compensation for participants in the control group (participants of the intervention group also will receive this part of compensation).

Mobile-based information intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants in this group received free three-time counsel and constant multi-media messages about the topic of alcohol consumption for three months. One-to-one counseling services will be provided via a telephone call, which is based on World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. A total of three counsels are conducted, which are set on the second week, sixth and tenth week after the baseline survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention

Mobile-based information intervention with performance-based incentive

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants in this group were conducted by deducting money. Firstly, a certain amount of vouchers were given to the participants, which was equivalent to the reward for passing seven tests. Then, the voucher would be deducted according to every test result. Finally, the participants will receive cash according to the vouchers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Financial Incentive Intervention

Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention